Showing posts with label Dramatic Irony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dramatic Irony. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Kite Runner:8
"My body was broke-just how badly I wouldn't find out until later-but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed." (page 289) There are multiple literary devices used in this single instance. The first is irony. It is completely ironic that when he is being beaten Amir laughs. Most people would not be laughing. Also, the instance is ironic because Assef just talked about how he laughed at the guy he hurt, and now Amir was doing it to him. Even though he is being hurt, Amir does not care because he is feeling relief. This brings me to my next literary device, which is paradox. This statement is paradoxal because Amir is broken yet healed. Once thought about, the reader can infer that Amir is referring to being healed from the guilt that had long been harping on his life. He had stood and watched Hassan get hurt by Assef. He had begged Hassan to hurt him after. Finally, Amir is feeling the redemption he has long desired. With Assef beating him up, he feels that he is finally getting what he deserves. The redemption is freeing him of the guilt he could not rid of. He is healed.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Theme Blog #4
"Miss Brill"
I am very confused about this story. I have pretty much no idea where it takes place. I thought it may be a church because she said something about her "special seat" and recalls "Last Sunday" (p 183). This made me think that she would go there on Sundays, and since she is older, they usually have a seat they always sit in. I think this is wrong since the setting was outside, so maybe it is at a park? I don't know! Also, even though I did not really understand this, I did find some irony in the story. Throughout the whole story, Miss Brill sits there and judges others/people watches. She says "there was something funny about nearly all of them", so she obviously thinks about them and makes fun of them. It is like her form of entertainment. Then, at the end she hearst the kids talk about her. She gets so upset. I feel bad because I saw some little old lady being made fun of. At the same time, it was ironic because they were just like her. The only difference is that they said their thoughts outloud.
I am very confused about this story. I have pretty much no idea where it takes place. I thought it may be a church because she said something about her "special seat" and recalls "Last Sunday" (p 183). This made me think that she would go there on Sundays, and since she is older, they usually have a seat they always sit in. I think this is wrong since the setting was outside, so maybe it is at a park? I don't know! Also, even though I did not really understand this, I did find some irony in the story. Throughout the whole story, Miss Brill sits there and judges others/people watches. She says "there was something funny about nearly all of them", so she obviously thinks about them and makes fun of them. It is like her form of entertainment. Then, at the end she hearst the kids talk about her. She gets so upset. I feel bad because I saw some little old lady being made fun of. At the same time, it was ironic because they were just like her. The only difference is that they said their thoughts outloud.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Literary Term #2
Dramatic Irony
In Chapter 1, there is an instance of dramatic irony. I do not want to summarize but after Ted Lavender died Kiowa said that "the man does care" (page 17) when talking about Jimmy Cross. This is irony because we the reader knows that the page before we find out that Cross thinks to himself that "he loved Martha more than his own men" (page 16). This shows that Cross did not fully have his mind or thoughts on his men. Rather, he was directing all of his care and affection towards Martha, a woman who did not even love him! This irony shows us how well Cross has hid from his men how he really is. They think he just is all for them, when in reality he does not want to lead them. He would rather have Martha loving him. The purpose of this irony for the story is to give the reader a better understanding of Cross and the perception of him to his soldiers. It also gives us knowledge of why Cross feels guilt for Lavender's death.
In Chapter 1, there is an instance of dramatic irony. I do not want to summarize but after Ted Lavender died Kiowa said that "the man does care" (page 17) when talking about Jimmy Cross. This is irony because we the reader knows that the page before we find out that Cross thinks to himself that "he loved Martha more than his own men" (page 16). This shows that Cross did not fully have his mind or thoughts on his men. Rather, he was directing all of his care and affection towards Martha, a woman who did not even love him! This irony shows us how well Cross has hid from his men how he really is. They think he just is all for them, when in reality he does not want to lead them. He would rather have Martha loving him. The purpose of this irony for the story is to give the reader a better understanding of Cross and the perception of him to his soldiers. It also gives us knowledge of why Cross feels guilt for Lavender's death.
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